PERRYSBURG — The city’s spring brush pickup begins on Monday.

The city has issued these guidelines:

• Limit on length is 12 feet.

• This year, the “out by date” is Monday at 7 a.m.

• All brush must be placed at the curb, not in the alley.

• Pile brush parallel with street away from mailboxes, trees, fire hydrants and light poles.

• D• not tie into bundles – stack loosely.

• Place small clippings and twigs in personal garbage cans (not in City issued Taters) so they can be easily dumped.

• City crews will take branches, bushes, logs, stumps, firewood and Christmas trees.

• Crews will begin on the east side of town this year and work their way west.

• Once crews have been down your street, they will not return. A supervisor will check daily to make sure all brush piles were picked up.

AVOID:

• Brush pickup is not a yard waste or large item pick up. Do not place anything but brush at the curb. Information on yard waste or large item pick up is available by calling the Department of Public Service at 419-872-8020, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. or check www.ci.perrysburg.oh.us.

• If other items such as ornamental grasses, weeds, sod or leaves are mixed with the brush pile, everything will be left and the homeowner will be responsible for removal of all items.

• Metal, stones and other debris may damage equipment or injure workers.

WOOD MULCH:

• An area on the outside of the locked gate at the City Distribution Area near the Wastewater Treatment Plant at 3 West Boundary Street has wood mulch that is available at no charge to city residents.

• Residents may take this mulch during daylight hours.

• This mulch has been double ground and can be used for landscaping needs.

The city’s compost facility is Renewed Outdoors located at 23691 North Dixie Hwy. Phone number 419-874-5537. Take driver’s license to show proof of residency.

Free disposal of the following items:

• Branches

• Bushes

• Cornstalks

• Firewood

• Leaves (keep these separate as there is a brush area and a leaf area)

• Logs

• Loose straw

• Ornamental grass

• Straw bales

• Stumps

• Tree trimmings

• Twigs

• Wood mulch

•Disposal fee charged for the following items:

• Flower garden debris

• Grass clippings

• Vegetable garden debris

Visit www.ci.perrysburg.oh.us and click on spring brush collection and follow the map that is updated at the end of business each day.